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Abd El-Glil, Ahmed Gamal Mohamed – Online Submission, 2021
The study aimed to design a program based on an e-community context to develop adult EFL learners' critical thinking. The study started with a review of the literature and previous studies related to critical thinking, its components, and e-communities where the study took place. The researcher designed the study instruments, including a pre-post…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Critical Thinking
Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Arrastía-Chisholm, Meagan C.; Pringle, Njeri M. – American Educator, 2021
Academically underprepared postsecondary students make up a large proportion of college campuses. Recent estimates indicate that up to 70 percent of incoming students at two-year community colleges and up to 40 percent of incoming students at four-year colleges enroll in developmental courses. There has been some criticism of the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: College Students, College Readiness, Evidence Based Practice, Developmental Studies Programs
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Taylor, Maurice C.; Atas, Sait; Ghani, Shehzad – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2019
This exploratory study sought to understand the meaning of cognitive presence for graduate students in a blended learning course. Four research questions guided the investigation, which employed a qualitative instrumental case study approach as the research design. Several data sources were used including: semi structured interviews with graduate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Blended Learning, Graduate Students, Case Studies
Henschke, John A. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
This 2015 updated capsule on a History and Philosophy of Andragogy includes nine new items and is mainly limited [with a few exceptions] to a chronological history and the accompanying philosophy of andragogy, in line with when the English language documents were published and personal descriptions of events were recorded. Some of these documents,…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Content Analysis
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Willis, Sherry L. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Relates studies in the current issue to three research concerns: (1) specific nature of the changes that result in training improvement; (2) relationship between experimental conditions and training improvement; and (3) individual difference variables affecting training improvement. Compares research on cognitive training of children and of older…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Children, Individual Differences, Middle Aged Adults
Lochhead, John – 2000
Thinkback is a new instructional process that uses "thinking aloud" strategies developed by Arthur Whimbey and derives its name from the technology of instant video playback. Thinkback is a generalization of techniques described in the program "Problem Solving and Comprehension," which has been used for more than 20 years. The…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
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National Institute for Literacy, 1999
This premier issue of "The Equipped for the Future (EFF) Voice" has been put together to give everyone a snapshot of EFF-related activities across the country. It includes reports on the 12 states that have been participating in the EFF field development process since 1998, and on the many other programs and states that have begun…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Family Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Basic Education
Word's Worth: A Quarterly Newsletter of the Lifelong Learning Network, 1998
This issue of a quarterly newsletter focuses on the theme of critical thinking skills. "Critical Thinking Skills: An Interview with Dr. Richard Paul" (Barbara Christopher) is the text of an interview in which the director of research at Sonoma State University's Center for Critical Thinking examines the meaning of critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Hallett, Deborah Hughes – 2000
Decision makers have always relied on a mixture of qualitative and quantitative information. Recently, two technological tools--spreadsheets and the Internet--have dramatically altered how decision makers analyze quantitative information, thus necessitating curriculum changes in programs to prepare students to use these tools effectively. Harvard…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Administration Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
2002
This symposium on adult learning and human resource development consists of three presentations. "Adult Learning Principles and Concepts in the Workplace: Implications for Training in HRD" (Margot B. Weinstein) reports on findings from interviews with restaurant employees who reported that training practices using adult learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students